Dollars that had been lent out through the Fed's various borrowing facilities were then soaked up in its open-market operations.
Whenever the Bank of Japan has intervened in exchange markets to weaken the yen by selling yen, it has then soaked up those yen in the domestic market, thereby undermining the whole exercise.
Their research, reported in Science, shows that North America soaked up much more carbon in 1992-93 than it did in 1989-90.
With the cowbells greeting his victorious arrival at the finish line, Hirscher soaked up the adulation in front of an adoring crowd.
Detroit-born White has also soaked up the abundance of talent in Nashville, where he moved four years ago and established a physical location for his label Third Man Records.
The Yangzi River flood has soaked up all the clamor of life in the towns around the lake.
Ethan Knecht, a 27 year old teacher who lives in Brooklyn, soaked up the sun Thursday afternoon while sipping a sugarless black cherry seltzer.
This mainly benefits the bloated building industry, which in the past has soaked up workers unable to find other jobs.
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But Chelsea rarely looked like turning their dominance into a winner as Spurs defended in numbers and comfortably soaked up the Blues pressure.
It's that doublings of speed and memory always get soaked up into new software, which, in turn, is cleverly used by young entrepreneurs trying to change the world.
It was in this environment where she soaked up the sounds and feel of classic R'n'B and soul that echoed round the rooms of the family home.
As Ed soaked up the accolades and toured the conference fringe in triumph, David said he wanted to take a few days to decide what he wanted to do.
Try-scoring opportunities were scarce in the second half as Bath soaked up the hosts' pressure and then added to their lead through Barkley's third penalty.
As for local TV newscasts, sports, weather and traffic soaked up 40% of airtime last year, up from 32% in 2005.
Born in northern California and raised in Orange County from about third grade on, Tomlinson soaked up every part of the gnarly lifestyle that is SoCal.
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In both cases the demand expands because more resources are being soaked up by the corporate sector.
It all depends how long they've been sat in the water and to what extent they've soaked it up.
She, like Juan, feels an affinity with the colours of her adopted homeland: Isabelle's hair is gathered round her face in soft, red curls and she jokes that her scalp has soaked up the shades of the soil.
He has a few magic powers, such as resurrecting the dead, but, having languished in confinement for decades on Earth, and finally escaped, he has soaked up the worst of our habits.
The central bank, which was simultaneously battling a loss of confidence in the currency, created liquidity to bail out the banks, then soaked it up to prop up the currency.
Set up next to vehicles like the trailer painted with "Team Cocktail, " they fired up grills, spread sand and coconuts on the asphalt, and handed out gummy bears soaked in gin.
Before the lights had gone out, the tourists had soaked in the spectacle: several million years old, wrinkled and tinted with orange, rising up nearly forty feet, as huge as a house.
Ivanisevic soaked up the applause before hurrying off Centre Court, presumably keen to watch his beloved Croatia take on England in Euro 2004.
Gerberding credited some shelters for taking steps to minimize those risks, citing one that had set up a long line of portable sinks for evacuees to wash in and others that gave evacuees alcohol-soaked hand wipes.
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